Smarter Balanced (SBAC) online practice resources

This is the official SBAC practice test. After clicking the “Student Interface Practice Test” button, your students will be asked to sign in and select the grade level and subject they would like to practice.The content covers grades 3-8 and grade 11 for both Math and English Language Arts (ELA). Students can practice both the official functionality of the online tests as well as the depth of knowledge required by the sample questions.You can access the practice tests here, as well as learn more about the SBAC’s text-to-speech functionality, performance task writing rubrics, and scoring guides. The scope of the tests seem a bit limited, but they certainly offer a good jumping-off point.

The SBAC online practice tests are compatible with the following web browsers:

In addition to the online assessments, 6-8th grade students and 11th grade students taking the Smarter Balanced tests will also be given the ability to utilize an online calculator.You can access samples of the Basic online calculators here. The samples include:

Oregon is already ahead of the game when it comes to online assessments (they were administering online tests years prior to the formation of the SBAC). Following suit with their “on-the-ball” online assessment attitude, Oregon offers a great grouping of Smarter Balanced resources to its teachers and students.Using documents provided by Smarter Balanced, Oregon has compiled a robust set of sample test items that you can sift through by subject, “claim”, and grade level. Obviously, these tools are directed towards Oregon-based educators, but they can serve as a good starting point for anyone who is seeking to learn a little bit more about the SBAC’s scope and functionality.You can access the Oregon DOE’s Smarter Balanced resources here.

More SBAC preparation resources

In addition to the practice test and sample items links, I wanted to share a few more resources with you that may help with your school’s Smarter Balanced preparation measures.

Tell us about your students’ SBAC practice efforts!

Obviously, these few resources are not the end-all-be-all of Smarter Balanced practice test and sample item resources (hint, hint, Wowzers). We’d love to hear about what you are doing in your classroom to help students prepare for online testing!

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